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I have a dear friend with some chronic illness bordering on disability and can confirm anecdotally what this article is saying. She’s consistently ignored or to

I have a dear friend with some chronic illness bordering on disability and can confirm anecdotally what this article is saying. She’s consistently ignored or told what’s she’s feeling is irrelevant, but hey what does she know she’s just had the illness from birth and is highly educated enough to read journals and have a pretty informed opinion on her own care. She also has a terrible time getting seen by specialists. It’s compounded because she’s a young woman and my god while it’s not discussed here doctors are horrible with treating women. Between friends and family I don’t know a single woman who hasn’t told me they’ve had problems getting their doctors to listen to them and this is the case even when the doctor is a women themselves. It’s just like the system is fundamentally unable to cope with women’s health as a patient.

enragedcacti 4y ago
I've been reading a lot about POTS for which 90% of sufferers are women. The sheer volume of people venting about not getting adequate consideration or treatment is really sad. It got to the point where the community has listings of doctors that are confirmed to understand the condition and take it seriously which is ass backwards considering most people go to the doctor because they have no idea what's wrong with them! Its sad to think that your friend is "lucky" relative to some to have developed the skills to interpret medical literature and advocate for herself. So many people, and women in particular, seem to get told they are faking it or that their symptoms are psychosomatic and they don't even have the tools, time, or money to advance their own treatment.